Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Starting Saturday, other carriers struggled to accommodate Eastern customers looking for an alternative ride. Meanwhile, the airline once run by World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker was heading into the heaviest cross fire in its history...
...series of forums held in the 78 cities and towns served by the transit system--popularly known as the `T'--the MBTA is seeking public comment on its plan to raise the price of a subway ride from 60 to 75 cents. If approved, the increase would be the first since...
...lose. We schedule games on Friday and Saturday nights before the Beanpot. Before the final we tried even harder to lose: games against numbers three and four in the ECAC in Upstate New York, a punishing loss to Colgate in overtime, and a long bus ride home. (Note: if the team hadn't been worrying about the Beanpot final, it would probably have beaten Colgate easily...
...just $4 ($3 for senior citizens), one can ride an elevator to the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository in Dallas and see the perch from which Lee Harvey Oswald gunned down a President. The book cartons have been arranged just the way Oswald placed them 25 years ago to avoid being seen by co-workers. True, a clear screen keeps tourists from entering the assassin's lair, but the view of Dealey Plaza from accessible windows is about the same. One cannot, however, bring a rifle to check out the sights. A metal detector has been...
Although the book's narration consists solely of thoughts during the ride, the results are a fascinating--if sometimes tedious--look at the origins and uses of the objects and habits most take for granted...